Cuomo to air TV ads for property-tax freeze

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will hit the airwaves this week to promote his property-tax freeze.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo(Photo: Mike Groll, AP)

Cuomo plans to appear in a television ad across the state to push lawmakers to support his proposal that would freeze property taxes for two years if local governments and schools stay under the tax cap and move to streamline services."My plan will cut property taxes by requiring local governments to work together. Please tell your legislator to support my plan," Cuomo says, according to the transcript obtained by Gannett's Albany Bureau. "And let's keep building a new New York together."Cuomo's campaign committee will fund the ad, which will have upstate and downstate versions. He had $33 million in his coffers in January, and he plans to seek a second term in November.